You can’t make any business work if your customers can’t find you, or don’t even know what you offer. Thus I was surprised to read recently that 30 percent of small businesses don’t even have a web site. As an advisor to new entrepreneurs, I’m also surprised at how many potential business owners te
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7 Modern Ideas That Will Make Your Website A Winner
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2355 days ago
Made Hot by: leonesimmy on April 14, 2018 12:06 pm
10 Strategies To Accelerate Your New Venture Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2357 days ago
Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. But what does that really mean? Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product a
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10 Business Strategy Elements That Expedite Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2358 days ago
Businesses always seem to take longer to succeed than an entrepreneur expects. Seth Godin once said that overnight success in startups takes about six years, and Seth is an optimist. Thus we all look for shortcuts. Execution shortcuts would be hidden strategies to achieve the endgame sooner, withou
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10 Human Obstacles To Business Innovation And Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2359 days ago
Made Hot by: MasterMinuteman on April 10, 2018 11:48 am
Successful entrepreneurs are the ones who think the most creatively, not only in their initial product or service, but more importantly all through the stages of growth from startup to maturity. But even the best of them can easily slip into some bad decision habits that limit or hurt their busines
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7 Tips Learned On The Street About Running A Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2360 days ago
Being “street smart,” or able to anticipate and deal with daily business problems and surprises, is generally recognized as a critical skill to have for business owners and entrepreneurs. Most investors say they can recognize this capability when they see it, but it’s hard to define if you haven’t
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7 Ways To Sell Yourself In Written Business Messages
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2362 days ago
Made Hot by: MasterMinuteman on April 7, 2018 12:16 pm
Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingly poor writing. Being very visible in the startup community, I still get an amazing number of badly written emails, rambling executive summ
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10 Leadership Blind Spots That Stunt Business Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2364 days ago
Made Hot by: businessgross on April 3, 2018 10:24 am
We all have blind spots – things you don’t see despite your best intentions to observe the world changing around you. In business, these can quickly take you off the growth track, even as you work harder and harder. In my role as startup and small business advisor, it’s my job to help you see more
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6 Common Mistakes That Lead To Dead Companies Walking
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2366 days ago
As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Many are just not facing the reali
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5 Tips For Busy Startup Founders Seeking More Results
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2367 days ago
If you define your self-worth as an entrepreneur by how busy you are, it’s time to find another lifestyle. We all know people who are extraordinarily busy, but never seem to accomplish anything. For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their
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6 Incentives To Be Laser-Focused In Your New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2369 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on March 31, 2018 12:41 pm
Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. In reality, more features will more likely make the product confusing and less usable to all. Focus is the art of limit
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